Jackie Ormes

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Nancy Goldstein, author of Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist, was recently featured on NPR’s Marketplace. The segment joined a series of features for Black History Month. Goldstein explains what makes Ormes a unique and enduringly important figure in the history of American journalism. Through her strong, capable female characters, Ormes told stories that both undercut stereotypical portrayals of African Americans common at the time and tackled difficult topics with humor and wit. Listen to the segment and see images of Ormes’s work at Marketplace.org.

Jackie Ormes, whose life and work Nancy Goldstein documented in Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist, will be posthumously inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists’ Hall of Fame at their annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on January 16, 2014. The NABJ is honoring Ormes for her portrayal of black female characters who challenged stereotypes of the time, as well as her service to the profession and the African American community. For more information see the NABJ announcement.

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Our “From the Vault” posts allow you to take a peek into the history of the Press, where you can rediscover past authors, projects, editors, awards, and more that led to the development of the university publisher that the Press is today. This window into our past spotlights backlist or out-of-print titles and series and also recommends and contextualizes them with similar current and forthcoming titles. Explore the drawers of the Vault with our intern, Mikala Carpenter, as we uncover the hidden treasures that await us in the archives of the University of Michigan Press. This is the first of […]